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Rating: 2/5Intermittently fun project

Pros: Looks great. Often works, for a while at least. The Netgear Genie program sometimes helps restore internet connectivity.

Cons: Often -- frequently, in fact -- drops internet for no reason. Is it overheating? Is it affected by solar flares? I thought I had a correlation with wind speeds, but that didn't pan out.

The Netgear Genie program sometimes doesn't help.

Other Thoughts: This router is a fun challenge for those seeking a high-maintenance intermittent internet connection. Okay for e-mailing and reading text-only web pages. Not so good for streaming or for uses that require a reliable connection, like for work.

Manufacturer Response:

Hello Fly Bob,

We are very sorry to hear that your R6300 is frequently dropping connectivity. Please get inc ontact with our support staff right away at support.netgear.com. They can give you the next step to get everything working flawlessly.

We appreciate your business and hope to get this issue resolved right away.

Other Thoughts: I did not purchase this router from newegg as it was an emergency purchase due to my previous router dying over a Christmas holiday. We use this router for media streaming, general internet surfing, and occasional data transfer between PCs. We have never had to reset this router. I have not tested this router with AC wireless adapters. if I were to have to make a choice today I would buy the newer version, the Nighthawk, as it is very similar (except the footprint is larger) and is slightly more powerful, but if you want an excellent router and save a few dollars this one would be an excellent choice.

Rating: 1/5No response from Netgear Support

Other Thoughts: Netgear offer me to contact them at newegg@netgear.com with my issue, after i posted review on 6/5/2014. I did. Its been 2 weeks now. No response. Will stay away from Netgear in the future.

Rating: 1/5Should have lasted longer...

Pros: It was fast for the first year. I had to restart it ever 2 weeks to a month, but was for the most part okay with that.

Cons: Something this expensive should have lasted more than 13 months. I'm really disappointed that NETGEAR would put out such a shotty product. I won't be buying NETGEAR again in the foreseeable future. My product is now a brick.

Manufacturer Response:

Hi Becky,

Can you tell us what exactly is happening with the R6300? When you power it on, do you see the LED's light up on the front panel? Can you get to the GUI, just not connect to the router or the Internet?

If you are seeing a blinking green light, it's possible that due to a power outage or surge, the firmware became corrupted. Here are instructions on how to resolve this issue:

Rating: 2/5Horrible

Cons: This device refuses to stay up. I have to unplug it every other day. It worked fine for the first two weeks which is coincidentally the same amount of time I had to return it for a refund to the big box store I bought it from.

Other Thoughts: I would expect a more reliable experience for this cost. I could have done better spending 20 bucks on a zyxel

Manufacturer Response:

Hi dooder man,

The dropouts you experienced are definitely not normal, but this is a known issue that some early R6300 units experienced in a limited number of cases. We would have been happy to help and work with you to either resolve the problem or get you a warranty replacement. We hope that you will be willing to work with us and we hope to earn your business in the future, and thank you as well for your patience.

Rating: 5/5Great router

Pros: This thing is so fast. It's not as bulky as I expected, and had a lot of features that I really need.- It allows you to setup the router as AP instead of router- QoS, though only by services. I haven't figure out how to do it by IP, not sure if it's possible- Traffic metering- DynDNS- Guest network for both 2.4ghz and 5ghz- Easy to setup and manage- Great signal strength

Cons: - I like to see traffic by ip or host, it doesn't do that. It only shows aggregiate- Also QoS is a little weak, and mostly preset.- Doesn't really havea firewall, though you can setup some rules.

Rating: 1/5DO NOT BUY THIS ROUTER

Cons: Does not work for long10+ devices start making the unit give IP address conflictsor drops devices altogether.HeavyHORRIBLE TECH SUPPORT

Other Thoughts: After owning the unit for 1 year and exactly 18 days it has become a $200 paper weight. I contacted netgear about the problem and they replied in no uncertain terms: "Dear SIr, you are 18 days past warranty search our data base.thats so nice of them!

This device was used as a household 10+ devise phones, tablet computers etc. NO heavy use just internet surfing, some mmo gaming. gave out in 1 year. DO NOT WAIST YOUR MONEY. DO NOT WAIST YOUR MONEY.

Manufacturer Response:

Hi Bryan,

We'd like to help, and thank you for reporting the issue. The first thing you can try is restoring the firmware to factory fresh, with a procedure that goes beyond the standard hard reset. You can find some instructions here:

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